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Elks Head Whitfield Hexham Northumberland NE47 8HD

T/20100047Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 May 2010

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of attached dwelling to serviced accommodation including change of door to window and construction of single storey flat roof extension and internal alterations

Received
25 January 2010
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Tynedale
  1. Received25 Jan
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 101 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Elks Head Whitfield Hexham Northumberland NE47 8HD. Northumberland (County) has handled 5,586 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 10 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 713 applications in total for the NE47 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Northumberland County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NE47 8HD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Plenmeller With Whitfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2010
Neighbour consultation start
12 February 2010
Target decision date
6 April 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period
53 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 February 2010

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Northumberland (County)

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